Organization

Stage director

Rosetta Cucchi

Set designer

Tiziano Santi

Costume designer

Claudia Pernigotti

Lighting designer

Daniele Naldi

Video designer

Roberto Recchia

Choreographer

Luisa Baldinetti

Singer

Soprano

Ermonela Jaho

Adriana Lecouvreur

Mezzo-soprano

Carmen Topciu

The Princess of Bouillon

Tenor

Michael Fabiano

Maurizio

Baritone

Giorgio Caoduro

Michonnet

Virgilio Marino

The Abbe of Chazeuil

Bass

Richard Anderson

The Prince of Bouillon

Jane Ede

Miss Jouvenot

Angela Hogan

Miss Dangeville

Adam Player

Poisson

Anthony Mackey

Quinalt

Benjamin Rasheed

A major-domo

Conductor

Leonardo Sini

Assistant Video Content Director

Stefania Panighini

Natalie Aroyan

Opera Australia

Ópera de Oviedo

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Others

Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Assistant Director

Kate Gaul

Italian

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea

Public

Private

English

Approved

NATALIE AROYAN as ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

She’s a superstar. Adored by all. She can have any man she chooses. Or can she?Based on a true story, Adriana Lecouvreur is renowned as “the operatic equival...

Mystery, intrigue, murder? Lovers’ liaisons don’t come any more dangerous than this.

She’s a superstar. Adored by all. She can have any man she chooses. Or can she?

Based on a true story, Adriana Lecouvreur is renowned as “the operatic equivalent of Sunset Boulevard” (The Guardian). Ermonela Jaho, “the world’s most acclaimed soprano” (The Economist), blazes in a role that calls for a pure diva.

This is a tryst with a twist. A tumultuous real life entanglement is a love triangle ripe for operatic excess: the stellar actress, her aristocrat admirer, and his jealous ex who just happens to be Adriana’s greatest rival. Lashings of secrets, pungent violets, and composer Francesco Ciléa’s seductive score make this a high verismo drama.

From Montserrat Caballé and Joan Sutherland to Anna Netrebko, prima donnas of every era have aspired to sing Adriana. Ermonela’s voice of a ‘fiery angel’ meets its match in Carmen Topciu’s smouldering mezzo as the Princess.

Tensions between the two simmer then explode over the attention of Count Maurizio, played by opera’s “high-flying leading man” (Vanity Fair), Michael Fabiano. Baritone Giorgio Caoduro adds depth to the potent mix as Michonnet, Adriana’s doting stage director.

Opera’s definitive statement on celebrity scandals brims with passion and peril. Inventive Italian director Rosetta Cucchi takes this salacious tale from the repertoire’s shadows to the limelight – where Adriana Lecouvreur rightfully belongs.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer